Cinnyris bifasciatus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The purple-banded sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The Tsavo sunbird, sometimes lumped with the purple-banded, is here considered a separate species. Purple-banded sunbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 6 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 12 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 16 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 17 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 19 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 20 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Luanda | 🇦🇴 Angola | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-banded Sunbird sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-banded Sunbird in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-banded Sunbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Purple-banded Sunbird sightings, Dar es-Salaam ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 40%).
Same family: Nectariniidae
The closest relatives of the Purple-banded Sunbird that you can see in Dar es-Salaam (family Nectariniidae, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) are Scarlet-chested Sunbird (about 50%), Collared Sunbird (about 30%) and Olive Sunbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-banded Sunbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Dar es-Salaam (42 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
